Center for Civic Partnerships

Community and Economic Development

Online Tools and Resources

American Leadership Forum
www.alfsv.org
Helps to increase corporate philanthropy.

Asset-Based Community Development Institute
www.abcdinstitute.org
Download workbooks on community building and development, resources and publications.

Become A Community Organizer
www.hud.gov
This website supply's information on how to become a community organizer with tips on conducting neigborhood meetings and being and effective organizer.

California Community Economic Development Association
www.cceda.com
Advocates for community economic development and opens doors for resources and support to more than 200 community-based organizations that are actively engaged in revitalizing California’s low-income neighborhoods.

Community Building Resources
www.cbr-aimhigh.com
List references on community capacity building and asset mapping. A Canadian-based organization.

Coalition for Healthier Cities and Communities
www.healthycommunities.org
Contains information and resources for communities.

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation
www.stanford.edu/~davidf/empowermentevaluation.html
Links to helpful tools and resources on empowerment evaluation.

The Center for Economic Development
www.csuchico.edu/cedp
The Center's website contains informaion on research, studies and funding resources

The Community Tool Box
www.ctb.ku.edu/en
This is a great website for community organizers to share their work. It offers how-to materials, guides for community problem solving and a general store with recommendations of books and products.

Civic Practices Network
www.cpn.org
Has full-text versions of manuals and guides for civic work and a civic dictionary.

Cyburbia
www.cyburbia.org
This page has seven pages of links to sites on community development.

InnoNet
www.innonet.org
Innonet has a toolbox for members. This includes topics such as participatory evaluation planning and program planning.

Insight Center for Community Economic Development
www.insightcced.org
Conducts technical assistance and research activities for community groups that aim to build the human, social, and economic capacities of low-income communities.

Institute for Community Collaborative Studies
www.hhspp.csumb.edu/community
Lists community resources for working with at-risk youth, related web sites in the region.

Institute for Local Self-Reliance
www.ilsr.org
Provides technical assistance and information on environmentally sound economic development strategies.

National Alliance of Business
www.nab.com
Provides information and resources, including newsletters, publications, and legislative information on economic development, educational reform and workforce economics.

National Civic League
www.ncl.org
this web site contains definitions of word often used in the context of healthy communities

National Science Foundation
www.nsf.gov/pubs/1997/nsf97153/start.htm
The site has the first chapter of the User Friendly Handbook for Mixed Method Evaluations

Sustainable Communities Network
www.sustainable.org
This site has recommended links forcommunity Visioning and Implementation, Inventories and Indicators, Building Partnerships, Civic Engagement, Justice and Equity, Conflict Resolution and Mediation, Culture, Art, Ethnicity, Heritage and Celebrations.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development
www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/about/cpd_programs.cfm
Provides funding for job development, housing, AIDS, and community development programs.

Community and Economic Development

Online Tools and Resources

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